Abattoirs and Carcase Market Water Street (Architectural Competition)

The Markets Committee recommended that the premiums offered for the best designs for the abattoirs and carcase market to be erected in Water Street Should be awarded as follows:

1st premium      £150       Utility                      Alfred Derbyshire                cost £16,000
2nd premium     £100       John Bull                 E Salomons                        cost £23,000
3rd premium     £75         Concilio et Labore     Pennington and Bridgen       cost £27,000

Although there was a great difference in the estimated costs, the city surveyor had examined the plans and reported that the work could be done according to the successful competitor’s plan, for the amount stated.